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Uploaded: 2026-01-14T17:34:47.000Z
Duration: 44 min 21 s

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So I got a message on Instagram a little over a year ago from somebody saying that her dad was a victim of a scam and explaining everything that happened and asking if there was anything I could do to help.

大約一年前，我在 Instagram 上收到一則訊息，對方說她爸爸是詐騙案的受害者，並解釋了所有發生的事情，問我能不能幫忙。

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The message said, finding your show is the first glimpse of hope I've had in two years.

訊息裡寫著：「找到妳的節目，是我兩年來的第一線希望。」

He's my father and he will die in prison if I can't figure out how to bring him home.

他是我爸爸，如果我無法把他帶回家，他就會死在獄裡。

She said she was the daughter of a 70 year old grandfather from Minnesota she claimed is wrongfully imprisoned on drug trafficking charges 9,000 miles away in Mozambique, Africa.

她說她是來自明尼蘇達州一位七十歲爺爺的女兒，聲稱爺爺在莫三比克，非洲，九千英里外，因毒品走私罪名被錯誤監禁。

When I responded, I had no idea I'd be pulled into a global search for answers, climbing the ladder of a sophisticated African mafia I never knew existed.

當我回應時，我完全沒想到我會被捲入一場全球性的尋找答案的行動，一步步深入一個我從不知道存在的、複雜的非洲黑手黨。

Weasel blowers are being killed in the process of exposing the underworld.

告密者在揭露黑社會的過程中被殺害。

My mission, to go undercover and come face to face with Rodney scammers whose goal is to transform ordinary citizens into criminals.

我的任務是臥底，親自面對 Rodney 詐騙者，他們的目標是將普通公民變成罪犯。

You know, I get a lot of messages from people who think we're being scammed.

說真的，我收到很多訊息，都是人們認為我們被騙了。

But yours particularly resonated with me because it's actually a scam that I'd never heard about, but

但你的特別觸動我，因為這確實是我從沒聽過的詐騙手法，而且

also because I'm very close with my own father.

So, Nicole, tell me what happened to your dad.

所以，Nicole，告訴我你爸爸發生了什麼事。

Should I start way back at the beginning?

So after my mom died, Nicole tells me her father Rodney was a down on his luck out of work truck driver.

所以在我媽媽過世後，Nicole 告訴我，她的爸爸 Rodney 是一位運氣不好、失業的卡車司機。

When he started receiving a series of emails, it seemed to be an unbelievable stroke of good fortune.

當他開始收到一連串的電子郵件時，這似乎是個難以置信的好運。

A previously unknown relative in Italy had left Rodney an inheritance of $10.5 million.

一位先前未知的義大利親戚留給 Rodney 1050 萬美元的遺產。

And they said it was sort of a distant family member.

And they had said that they reached out to other family members and received no response from them and that he was the next in line to be contacted.

他們說他們聯絡了其他家人，但都沒收到回覆，所以 Rodney 是下一個被通知的。

The emails asked Rodney to pay a processing fee to release his inheritance.

郵件要求 Rodney 支付一筆手續費來領取他的遺產。

If Rodney agreed to travel to Maputo, Mozambique, everything would be paid for.

如果 Rodney 同意去莫三比克的馬普託，所有費用都會由他們支付。

He would then take them to Europe to claim his $10.5 million.

然後他會把文件帶到歐洲去領取他的 1050 萬美元。

And when he came to my house and told me, the first thing I thought of was like, okay, you're gonna get kidnapped and put into a diamond mine.

當他來找我告訴我這件事時，我第一個想法是，好吧，你可能會被綁架然後被送去鑽石礦場。

So you were skeptical right from the beginning?

所以你從一開始就很懷疑，對吧？

But I think once they said that they would pay for it all, that's what got him.

但我想一旦他們說會全額支付，這就打動他了。

Are they going to fly me halfway across the world if this isn't real?

如果這是假的，他們會飛我到世界另一端嗎？

So this is the email that started it all.

Goodluck Jonathan, which is interesting because Goodluck Jonathan was actually the president of Nigeria.

Goodluck Jonathan，這很有趣，因為 Goodluck Jonathan 其實是奈及利亞的總統。

Rodney also received emails from someone impersonating the governor of Nigeria Central Bank.

Rodney 也收到了冒充奈及利亞中央銀行行長的電子郵件。

Our payment officials that you will meet will give you some gift items capable of enticing our other officials at the payment transfer centers in other countries.

我們將與您見面的付款官員會贈送您一些禮品，這些禮品足以誘惑我們在其他國家的付款轉帳中心的其他官員。

So basically, they were already immediately telling him that they were going to give him a bag with something that he was going to have to transport.

所以基本上，他們一開始就告訴他，他們會給他一個袋子，裡面有他需要運送的東西。

And did you go through these emails, by the way, before he left?

對了，在你離開之前，你有看過這些郵件嗎？

So you only had access to these emails after.

所以你是在之後才有這些郵件的存取權。

According to Nicole, when Rodney arrived in Mozambique, he was met at his hotel by someone who handed him a suitcase.

根據 Nicole 的說法，Rodney 抵達莫三比克時，在飯店遇到一個人，那個人交給他一個行李箱。

On July 26, 2019, while attempting to board his next flight, airport security pulled him aside and discovered that hidden inside the suitcase was heroin.

2019 年 7 月 26 日，在他試圖搭乘下一班飛機時，機場安檢人員將他攔下，並發現行李箱裡藏有海洛因。

The story exploded into a national news scandal.

這件事演變成全國性的新聞醜聞。

An American drug trafficker caught red handed A few months after his arrest.

一名美國毒販被當場逮捕，在他被捕後幾個月。

Rodney Baldas was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Rodney Baldas 被審判、定罪並判處 18 年徒刑。

Knowing her father is likely to die behind bars, Nicole has spent the past four years desperately trying to prove his innocence.

Nicole 知道她父親很可能將在獄中度過餘生，是以過去四年來她一直拼命試圖證明他的清白。

I understand where people perceive it as, well, he should have known, but

我明白大家覺得，嗯，他應該知道的，但

my dad was going through a lot of emotional stuff.

我爸爸當時經歷了很多情緒上的掙扎。

Rodney's wife had passed away, and Nicole believes her father was desperate to save the family farm.

Rodney 的妻子已經過世了，Nicole 相信她父親當時是急著想保住家裡的農場。

This financial windfall would allow him to do it.

這筆意外之財能讓他達成心願。

我爸爸知道我有多想要那個，而且。

And he thought that, you know, maybe if I can actually make this work, then I can buy the farm.

他覺得，你知道嗎，也許如果我真的能做到，我就可以買下那個農場。

That was his motivation, was trying to save the farm.

這就是他的動機，是想保住農場。

70 years old, widowed, broke, living in the middle of nowhere.

七十歲，喪偶，身無分文，住在窮鄉僻壤。

I've reported on scamming operations from West Africa to the West Indies and the Middle east, but

我曾報導過從西非到西印度群島，再到中東的詐騙案，但

I've never seen anything like Rodney's case.

Most scams take place inside the Internet.

大部分的詐騙都發生在網路上。

Scammers and their victims never physically interact.

詐騙者和他們的受害者從未實際接觸。

But Rodney met his contacts face to face.

但 Rodney 卻是親自見過他的聯絡人。

Was Rodney a willing drug trafficker, or did someone else turn him into a mule?

Rodney 是自願販毒，還是有人逼他當運毒的？

To answer these questions, I need to get closer to the scene of the crime.

為了回答這些問題，我必須更靠近案發現場。

Eladio Sabunietim is the defense attorney who represented Rodney Baldas at his trial.

Eladio Sabunietim 是 Rodney Baldas 在審判時的辯護律師。

For example, When I asked Eladio if the hotel had security camera footage that could have verified Rodney's claims, he said he requested this from the court.

舉例來說，當我問 Eladio 飯店是否有安全攝影機畫面可以證實 Rodney 的說詞時，他說他有向法院申請。

But Only the court could have subpoenaed this evidence.

但只有法院才能傳喚這些證據。

Eladio emailed Nicole and repeatedly asked her to wire him $5,000 for a very particular reason.

Eladio 寄信給 Nicole，一再要求她匯五千美元給他，理由非常特別。

For your father to get out of jail, you have to buy the judge, bribe the judge.

為了讓你爸爸出獄，你必須買通法官，賄賂法官。

And this is done by talking to him once or twice.

這都是透過和他談一兩次話來完成的。

Bribery to a judge is very normal in Mozambique.

在莫三比克，賄賂法官是很常見的。

I wasn't able to independently verify whether Hilario offered this money to the judge.

我無法獨立證實 Hilario 是否將這筆錢給了法官。

He tries to convince me it was for his services, not the bribe.

他試圖說服我這是為了他的服務，而不是賄賂。

But the only thing he proves is that this whole case stinks.

但他唯一證實的是，整起案件都充滿問題。

From the lack of evidence presented by the defense to what I learned next, It's hard for me to believe that Rodney was sentenced to 18 years in prison in just a single day, and

從辯方提出的證據不足，到我接下來瞭解到的情況，我實在難以相信 Rodney 在一天之內就被判刑十八年，而且

no further investigation was conducted by the local authorities.

當地主管機關也沒有進行進一步調查。

The public prosecutor never responded to my request for an interview, and the United States Embassy officially declined.

公訴檢察官從未回覆我的採訪請求，美國大使館也正式拒絕了。

I was unable to reach the judge who handled Rodney's case for comments.

我無法聯繫到審理 Rodney 案件的法官發表評論。

I'm 10,000 miles away from home and no closer to the truth.

我離家一萬英里，離真相卻沒有更近一步。

Which means there's only one person left for me to talk to and one place left to go.

所以，我只剩下一個人可以問，一個地方可以去了。

I am not guilty of being a drug trafficker.

I did not expect to end up in this situation, but here I am.

我沒想到會變成這樣，但現在我就是在這裡。

Mashava prison was built to house 800 inmates, but today it's packed with three times that number.

Mashava 監獄原本是為 800 名囚犯建造的，但今天裡面擠了三倍的人數。

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